Wash basin fixture



July 30; 1935. A. c. DOBRICK WASH BASIN FIXTURE I Filed July 21, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Qzyzzsf C fiorc'cf July 30, 1935. 1; DQBRmK 2,009,607

WASH BAS IN FIXTURE Filed July 21, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented July 30, 1935 2,009,607

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WASH BASIN FIXTURE August 0. Dobrick, Chicago, n1., assignor to The Imperial Brass Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application July 21, 1931, Serial No. 552,202

4 Claims. (01. 137-411) My invention is concerned with wash basin flxportion of the recess 30 and clamps the periphery tures, and is designed to produce a simple'fixture of the washer 32 securely between its under surof the positive actuated type in which the valves face and the annular flange 3| and prevents any will be securely closed even if the cock handle is possible leakage around the member 33. This not turned tightly to its closing position. member 33 has the lower portion of the central 5 To illustrate my invention, I annex hereto two Opening therethrough p v With the quick sheets of drawings in which the same reference thread 34 in which is turned the quick-thread characters are used to designate identical parts member 35 secured on'the rod 36, which has its in all the figures, of which, lower end slightly reduced and sliding through a Fig. l is a top plan view of a fixture embodying suitable circular aperture 31 in the bottom of the 10 my invention; cup-like portion 30. 'The upper portion of the Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of quick-threaded aperture through the member 33 Fig. 1; and has the inwardly projecting shoulder 38 which is Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 33 of engaged by the packing ring or washer 39 so Fig. 1, but on a larger scale. located that when the handle 40 attached to the 15 In illustrating my invention, I have shown it rod 36 is turned to the full open position, the as applied to a fixture having the top plate ll! upperedge of the quick-thread screw-member 35 provided with the cocks ll, I2 and I3 adapted, rewill engage the washer 39' and prevent further spectively, for the toothbrush outlet pipe l4 and upward movement thereof. The reduced upper the hot and cold water discharge pipe l5 which end 4| of the member 33 is externally threaded 20 I have shown as projecting from the top plate and has screwed thereon the packing gland 42, I0 over the edge of the wash basin l6. between the internal shouldered portion of which For the hot and cold water cocks, I provide the and the top of the portion 4| is placed the packing double-valve casting H, which will be seen to 43, which serves to prevent leakage of the liquid have the inlet ports I8 and I9, respectively, in the at the handle.

bottom portion thereof, and adapted for the cold For ornamental purposes, I preferably thread and hot water cocks |3 and I2. The casting has the exteriorof the reduced top'of the packing therein the two annular valve seat flanges 20 to gland 42 and screw thereonthe finish cap 44. co-operate with the valves 2| having the annular The handle 40 is secured to the upper end of the recesses in their under sides to receive one end rod by any customary detachable connection 30 of the horizontally-coiled expanding spring 22, so that the apparatus can be assembled. The the other end of which is received by the recess casting contains the outlet aperture 45, and in 23 formed in the bottom of the screw closure 24 Fig. 2 I have shown the same asconnec'ted to the threaded into the bottom of the casting and prospout 15 by means of the elbow 46 having one end 35 vided with the packing ring 25, as clearly seen in secured to the outlet 45 and the other end con- 35' Fig. 3. The valve 2| has seated in therecess, in nected by the short internalsleeve 43 with the its upper surface, the leather or other similar inlet 4! to the spout i5. The valve casting washer 26 which forms the actual contact with is secured to the edge of the basin IS in any dethe valve seat 20, and this is secured in place by sired manner, 'as by means of screws 48 passing the screw 21 threaded into the body of the valve through the top of the plate In and threaded .40

and having the annular shoulder 28 engaging the into the lugs 49 formed at the upper end of the washer 26 and also the upper end 29 which concasting. p 0 stitutes an abutment'extending up through the The operation of the apparatus'willbereadily valve seat. With the construction shown, it will apparent. With the parts in the position shown be obvious that the valve 2| will always be held in Fig. 3, the valves are held closed by the springs 45 firmly seated by the action of the spring 22, ex- 22, and there is a considerable clearance between cept when'opened as hereinafter described. the tops of the abutments 29 and the bottoms of The upper end of the casting I1 is provided the rods 36. It will also be obvious that the with the twin recesses 30 which are enlarged at handles 43 can be turned around still further their upper ends and have formed on the shoulder before the quick-thread members 35 engage the 50 constituting the enlargement the annular flange rings 39. When the valves are to beopened, the 3| constituting a seat for the circular washer handles 4|) are swung in the proper direction to 32, formed of leather or other similar substance carry the rods 36 downward, and when the lost and held in place by the quick-thread nut memmotion is taken up, they engage the abutments her 33, which is screwed into the enlarged upper 29 and force the valves open, in which position '5 they stay on account of the friction of the screw being too great to be overcome by the upward pressure of the springs 22.

Where the valve is employed for the toothbrush water outlet,.I provide the casting 50, which has the inlet port 5| for cold water, and is otherwise constructed the same as the valve used for the hot and cold faucets except that the parts are shortened up somewhat, as clearly shown. The casting is provided with the outlet aperture 52, which has threaded therein the reduced lower end of the connection 53, which has the port 54 therethrough, and its upper end is preferably con-' caved, as shown, to receive the rounded end of the plug 55 which has the port 58 therethrough, the upper end of which is reduced, as shown, to cut down the possible pressure of the water discharged from the pipe l4, in the lower end of which the plug is secured. The pipe is held in place on the union 53 by the shouldered nut 51, the internal shoulder of which engages the outer edge of the projecting portion of the plug 55 and holds the pipe securely clamped in place. The upper end of the nut 51 isreduced and threaded, and I preferably screw thereon the finish cap 58.

While I have shown and described my invention asembodied in'the form which I at present consider best adapted to carry out its purposes, it will be understood that it is capableof modifi cations, and that I do not desire to be limited in the interpretation of the following claims except as may be necessitated by the state of the prior art. 7 I

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is: 1. In a device of the class described, the com bination with a support, of a valve casting having an inlet port and an outlet port secured to the support, a valve seat formed in the casting between the two ports, a valve adapted to be seated thereon, a spring co-operating with the valve to hold it seated, an abutment on the valve projecting through the seat to the outlet side, a nut member secured in the casting, a rotatable valveoperating rod having its inner endjn its normal position spaced some distance away from the aforesaid abutment, a screw thread on the rod co-operating with the nut, a handle secured on the outer end of the rod, packing for the rod outside of the threaded portion, a vertically disposed union having its reduced lower end screwed into the outlet port, a pipe having a plug with a small aperture therein constituting its inner end,

seated in the outer end of the union, and a shouldered nut threaded on the outer end of the union and engaging the plug to clamp the pipe in place.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a support, of a valve casting having an'inlet portand an outlet port secured to the support, a valve seat formed in the casting between the two ports, a valve adapted to be seated thereon, a spring co-operating with the valve to holdit seated, an abutment on the valve projecting through the seat to the outlet side, a nut member secured in the casting, a rotatable valveoperating rod having its inner end in its normal position spaced some distance away from the aforesaid abutment, a screw thread on the rod co-operating with the nut, a handle secured on the outer end of the rod, packing for the rod outside of thethreaded portion, a vertically disposed union having its reduced lower end screwed into the outlet port and having its upper 'end concaved, a plug having a small aperture therein and having its, rounded bottom cooperating with the concaved end, and having its reduced upper end secured in the bottom of a pipe with a shoulder projecting beyond the pipe, said pipe, and a shouldered nut threaded on the outer end of the union engaging the sholuder on the plug to clamp the pipe in place.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a support, of a valve casting having an inlet port and an outlet port secured to the support, a valve seat formed in the casting between the two ports, a valve adapted to be seated thereon, a spring co-operating with the valve to hold it seated, an abutment on the valve pro jecting through the seat to the outlet side, a valveoperating rod passing into the casing and having its inner end in its inoperative position spaced some distance away from the aforesaid abutment, means for preventing leakage about the rod, means for reciprocating the rod to open the valve, a vertically disposed unionhaving its reduced lower end screwed into the outlet port, a pipe having a plug with a small aperture therein constituting its inner end seatedin the outer end of the union, and a shouldered nut threaded on the outer end of the union and engaging the plug to clamp the pipe in place.

4. In a device of the class described,,the com bination with a support, of a valve casting having an inlet port and an outlet port secured to the support, a valve seat formed in the casting between the two ports, a valve adapted to be seated thereon, a spring co-operating with the valve to hold itseated, anabutment on the valve projecting through the seat "to the outlet side, a valve-operating rod passing into the casing and having its inner end' in its inoperative position spaced some distance away from the aforesaid abutment, means for preventing leakage about the rod, means for reciprocating the rod to open the valve, a vertically disposed union having its reduced lower end screwed into the outlet port and having its upper end concaved, a plug having a small aperture therein and having its rounded bottom co-operating with the concaved end and having its reduced upper end secured in the bottom of a pipe with a shoulder projecting beyond the pipe, said pipe, and a shouldered nut threaded on the outer end of the union and engaging the shoulder on the plug to clamp the pipe in place.

AUGUST C. DOBRICK. 

